The Ozzie Open

Australian Open Tennis for Mark's Birthday

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April 16th 2008
Day 294 (15.1.08) Today was the day for Mark’s birthday prezzie. As we had no need for anything else to carry, we had decided that we would go and enjoy the fact that we had arrived in Melbourne in time for the Australian Open Tennis. Not exactly sure as to when things started and not in possession of tickets we went over to the courts early not sure if there would be a long line of other pe ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more